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Re:Facebook and Instagram to temporarily allow calls for vio... by sofixa on Friday March 11, 2022 @02:54AM (#30637425)
But the laws are different in different countries ( duh!). Antisemitism isn't illegal in the US, but is an actual crime in France just to give one example.
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Re:Facebook and Instagram to temporarily allow calls for vio... by cato_the_elder on Friday March 11, 2022 @10:32AM (#30641094)
Right, that's a contentious area. The extent of jurisdiction of e.g. France over FB seems very nebulous to me.

And even then, I'm sure they have a court process to determine who's guilty of "hate speech" (or thoughtcrime or whatever), and FB is capable of challenging the cases or complying with the rulings for French residents. I assume blanket prior restraint is frowned upon in freer countries of the world.

There are efforts to pass Draconian laws to limit free expression online though [1].

[1]: e.g. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/world/europe/france-inter...

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